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the 15 biggest brands Disney owns
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is everywhere even some places you might
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not realize ever since Disney released
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Snow White and the Seven Dwarves as the
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first feature-length animated movie back
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in 1944 Disney's been at the top of the
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entertainment game it's hard to imagine
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that there's a person in modern times
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that hasn't heard of Disney today we're
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looking at a short list of some of the
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most significant brands that Disney owns
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along with how much they paid for that
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Disney definitely has money to burn so
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you can expect this list to get even
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longer in the years to come but without
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further ado let's take a look at
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Disney's 15 biggest brands number 15
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Queens music catalog 10 million dollars
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Disney record label Hollywood Records
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was founded in 1989 and that since
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represented a number of popular artists
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including zendaya Miley Cyrus Hilary
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Duff
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Demi Lovato and Selena Gomez the label
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is also responsible for soundtracks and
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compilation albums associated with
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Marvel movies one of the company's first
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major moves was to purchase the
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distribution rights to Queens entire
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music catalog in 1994 ten million
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dollars tragically the band's lead
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singer Freddie Mercury died the next
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year however Disney has still generated
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94 million dollars in revenue from Queen
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sales in the four years following his
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death number 14
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winnie-the-pooh 2% royalties in 1930
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stephen slesinger purchased their
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merchandising television and recording
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rights for the Winnie the Pooh character
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and became the father of the licensing
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industry in the process he made Winnie
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the Pooh a household name after
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Schlesinger passed away his wife Shirley
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licensed the rights to Walt Disney
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Productions in exchange for 2% royalties
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Disney also arranged
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to license motion picture rights for the
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character from the widow of a a mill
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Muppets 75 million dollars the Muppets
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were created by Jim and Jane Henson back
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in 1955 and over the years they've
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become some of the most beloved
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characters in the world of entertainment
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Disney negotiated with the Henson estate
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for 14 years before coming to an
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agreement to acquire the Muppets
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intellectual property for 75 million
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dollars in February 2004 they gained the
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majority of the Muppets film and
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television library with the exception of
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the Sesame Street characters those had
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already been sold to Sesame Workshop
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number 12 maker studios 950 million
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dollars maker Studios is a name you
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might not be familiar with but you've
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definitely heard of some of the
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personalities whose careers they've
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supported maker studios is primarily a
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production company for popular YouTube
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channels their biggest success was
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PewDiePie who has the most subscribed to
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channel on YouTube however they ended up
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dropping him after he was accused of
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making anti-semitic comments maker
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studios was sold to Disney in March 2014
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in a 950 million dollar deal
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number 11 Lucasfilm limited four point
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zero five billion dollars initially
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Disney planned to sign a distribution
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deal with Lucasfilm in May of 2011 but
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during discussions Lucasfilm owner
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George Lucas told the CEO of Disney at
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the time Bob Iger that he was planning
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to sell the company along with the Star
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Wars franchise and possibly retire well
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that was music to Disney's ears the
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details were worked out and in October
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of 2012 Disney purchased Lucasfilm for
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4.05 billion dollars number 10 Marvel
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Entertainment 4.25 billion dollars
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Marvel Entertainment has been around
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since 1998 and before that it was known
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as Marvel enterprises and before that it
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was known as toy biz Marvel
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Entertainment is one of the most
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profitable acquisitions Disney has ever
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made they purchased the entire
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bini in 2009 for just four point two
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four billion dollars Steele considering
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revenues from Marvel films have well
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surpassed twenty two billion dollars
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worldwide through the acquisition of
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Marvel Disney also owns the rights to
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more than eight thousand characters
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number nine hulu five point eight
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billion plus dollars us-based video
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streaming service Hulu was founded in
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October 2007 through a cooperation
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between News Corporation NBC Universal
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and Providence Equity Partners Hulu took
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off after their subscription service was
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first launched in 2010 when Disney
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acquired 21st Century Fox they gained a
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60 percent majority stake in Hulu the
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only two other shareholders at the time
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were AT&T and Comcast AT&T sold their
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10% stake in April of 2019 and Comcast
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has agreed to sell their stock to Disney
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at an unspecified date in the future
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the earliest likely being in 2024 the
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stake will be sold for at least five
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point eight billion dollars number eight
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Pixar seven point four billion dollars
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Pixar Animation Studios has given us a
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long list of popular films including Toy
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Story Finding Nemo and The Incredibles
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it all started out as a division of
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Lucas Films before Steve Jobs helped to
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turn it into an independent company when
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Disney bought Pixar in 2006 for seven
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point four billion dollars jobs became
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Disney's largest single shareholder
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every single one of the films developed
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by Pixar have earned at least an a-
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rating from cinema score and its feature
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films have an average gross of 680
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million dollars number seven
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ABC 19 million dollars one of the
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earliest major acquisitions Disney made
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was ABC Inc the American broadcast
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company has ties with Disney that date
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back to 1953 when they agreed to provide
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funding for Disneyland in exchange for
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one hour of Disney programming each week
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in July 1995 the Walt Disney Company
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announced it would acquire ABC for 19
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billion dollars and
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merger was completed by February 1996
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ESPN Inc part of a 19 billion dollar
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deal
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yes pnn quest founded in 1979 as a
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sports broadcasting channel by the end
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of 1983 ESPN had become the largest
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cable channel within the u.s. in 1984
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the channel was purchased by ABC in 1996
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when ABC was purchased by Disney ESPN
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was included as a part of that 19
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billion dollar deal number 5 a and D
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Networks part of a 19 billion dollar
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deal and E networks is a family of
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channels that include a and D the
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History Channel lifetime and fYI some of
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the popular shows this brand is
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responsible for include duck dynasty and
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Project Runway Disney first gained a
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minority stake in the network when they
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bought ABC this gave them a 37.5% stake
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in 1996 they gradually were able to
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acquire additional stakes in the company
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since July 2012 Disney and Hearst
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Communications have owned equal 5050
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parts of the company number for 21st
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Century Fox 71 billion dollars in one of
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the most significant deals of the
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company's history Disney acquired 21st
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Century Fox in July 2018 for 71 billion
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dollars Disney had initially planned to
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buy the company for 52.4 billion but
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then Comcast put in a bid for 65 billion
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dollars Disney made their final offer
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and Comcast dropped out of the bidding
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war the deal was finalized in March of
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2019 number 3 FX Networks part of a 71
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billion dollar deal American pay
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television channel FX became part of the
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Disney family thanks to the 21st Century
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Fox TL Disney completed in March of 2019
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popular shows in the network includes
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Sons of Anarchy
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the Americans It's Always Sunny in
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Philadelphia and Archer the network was
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originally launched in June 1994 it
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became part of 21st Century Fox in July
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2013
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and is now a division of Walt Disney
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television number two
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National Geographic global networks part
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of a 71 billion dollar deal the National
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Geographic global networks oversees a
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range of channels that include National
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Geographic Nat Geo Wild nat geo people
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nat geo kids and nat geo music this is
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yet another brand Disney acquired when
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it took over 21st Century Fox Disney
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owns 73 percent while the National
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Geographic Society maintains a 27
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percent stake number one 20th Century
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Fox part of a 71 billion dollar deal the
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20th Century Fox film studio was created
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when the Fox Film corporation and 20th
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century pictures merged in 1935 it was
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acquired by Rupert Murdoch's News
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Corporation in 1985 before becoming a
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subsidiary of 21st Century Fox in 2013
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when Disney merged with 21st Century Fox
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in 2013 after agreeing to a 71 billion
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dollar deal the entire film studio
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became a subsidiary of the Walt Disney
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Studios and that wraps up our liste
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lectures we really only touched on the
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surface of the Disney Empire you can
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find out much more about it by watching
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our video how Disney became the king of
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entertainment just click on the top
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right corner to check it out now that
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we've reached the end of our list we're
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curious if Disney were to sell off one
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of its brands which do you think it
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should be let us know in the comments
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and of course for sticking with us until
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the end what might you be waiting for a
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bonus fact of course here it is out of
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all the revenue streams that Disney has
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it gets the most money out of its parks
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there are a total of 12 Disney theme
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parks that see over 155 million guests
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every year their parks brought in 26
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billion dollars out of their total 2019
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revenues which were close to 70 billion
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dollars altogether thank you for
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